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Definitions for Crushing

[1] to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
[2] to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.
[3] to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract: to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil.
[4] to rumple; wrinkle; crease.
[5] to smooth or flatten by pressure: to crush leather.
[6] to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly: He crushed her in his arms.
[7] to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly: to crush a revolt.
[8] to overwhelm with confusion, chagrin, or humiliation, as by argumentation or a slighting action or remark; squelch.
[9] to oppress grievously.
[10] Archaic . to finish drinking (wine, ale, etc.).
[11] to become crushed.
[12] to advance with crushing; press or crowd forcibly.
[13] the act of crushing; state of being crushed.
[14] a great crowd: a crush of shoppers.
[15] Informal . an intense but usually short-lived infatuation. the object of such an infatuation: Who is your latest crush?
[16] to press, mash, or squeeze so as to injure, break, crease, etc
[17] to break or grind (rock, ore, etc) into small particles
[18] to put down or subdue, esp by force to crush a rebellion
[19] to extract (juice, water, etc) by pressing to crush the juice from a lemon
[20] to oppress harshly
[21] to hug or clasp tightly he crushed her to him
[22] to defeat or humiliate utterly, as in argument or by a cruel remark
[23] (intr) to crowd; throng
[24] (intr) to become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
[25] a dense crowd, esp at a social occasion
[26] the act of crushing; pressure
[27] a drink or pulp prepared by or as if by crushing fruit orange crush
[28] informal an infatuation she had a crush on him the person with whom one is infatuated
[29] vet science a construction designed to confine and limit the movement of an animal, esp a large or dangerous animal, for examination or to perform a procedure on it

Words related to Crushing

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Words nearby Crushing

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Origin of Crushing

1300–50; Middle English crus-chen < Middle French cruisir < Germanic; compare Old Swedish krusa, krosa, Middle Low German krossen to crush

Other words from Crushing

crush·a·ble , adjective
crush·a·bil·i·ty , noun
crush·a·bly , adverb
crush·er , noun
un·crush·a·ble , adjective
un·crushed , adjective
well-crushed , adjective

Word origin for Crushing

C14: from Old French croissir, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic kriustan to gnash; see crunch

Synonyms for Crushing

beat, break, bruise, crumble, mash, squash, squeeze, trample, bray, buck, comminute, contuse, crease, crowd, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squish, total, tread, wrinkle, contriturate, kablooey, triturate